potshots in English
noun
1
a shot aimed unexpectedly or at random at someone or something with no chance of self-defense.
a sniper took a potshot at him
Use "potshots" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "potshots" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "potshots", or refer to the context using the word "potshots" in the English Dictionary.
1. The newspapers took constant potshots at the president.
2. He was taking potshots at neighbourhood cats.
3. The recent criticism of his leadership has included potshots from several leading political journalists.
4. Running jokes thread through the episode, Xena and Gabrielle are Bickeringly cutely with each other (and taking potshots at Joxer along the way), and well, ONE of them hits the water, anyways.